Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
August 2, 2017 - Vol. 42, No. 16
August – Shatm – Summer - Shatm
Timber Co. to continue beyond 2017
Tribal Council voted last week
to continue the Warm Springs
Timber Co. beyond the current
year.
Council early this year approved
the enterprise to operate through
2017. The vote last week allows
the company to continue as long
as the Council sees positive results.
from the operation.
The matter came up last week
because Council and staff are
beginning work on the 2018 tribal
budget. The upcoming budget
process will be a difficult one, said
Councilman Jody Calica, “and this
issue needs to be resolved.”
The sale of reservation timber
is the source of funding for the
Senior Pension fund and per capita.
There is also a debt from the
company to the tribes of more
than $400,000. Continuing the
operation is the only means of
paying this back. The debt came
about in 2016, as start-up costs for
the new company.
The annual allowable cut on the
reservation is 25 million board feet
per year. This is the lowest it’s been
in for some time. The mill required
a higher volume, and for a few years
the cut was extended to meet this
requirement.
The WSFPI mill was the sole
buyers of reservation timber for
more than 50 years.
When the mill closed
permanently last year, Tribal
Council created the War m
Springs Timber LLC. The
company is wholly-owned by the
tribes, and has the exclusive right
to purchase reservation timber.
At the
County Fair
Mary Olney, Josh Olney,
Gabi Smith, Jeremiah
Smith, Dylan Heath and
Shain Beymer (from left)
were showing their
livestock recently at the
Jefferson County Fair.
Mary, Josh, Gabi and
Jeremiah are the Lyle Gap
4-H Livestock Club,
working on goat projects.
Shain is with the FFA,
and worked on a livestock
beef project.
Not pictured are Hayden
Heath of the Lyle Gap 4-H
(goat projects); and
Wessley Beymer and
Cole White, who worked
on FFA swine projects.
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Tribes prepare as eclipse is fast approaching
The total solar eclipse will be a
once in a lifetime experience for
most people.
For this reason tens of thousands
of people will be arriving in the
area the weekend before and on
Monday, August 21.
The Native Sol Solar Fest, the
NASA balloon launch and other
science activities at the Academy
are part of the festivities. Indian
Head Casino and the Museum at
Warm Springs are planning special
events for the occasion.
With the influx of visitors comes
concern for public safety, includ-
ing fire safety, roadway access, and
possible trespass on restricted ar-
eas of the reservation.
The tribes’ planning team met
this week at Fire Management, dis-
cussing the precautions that the
tribes can take in preparation for
the eclipse.
On hand were tribal manage-
ment, Warm Springs Fire and
Safety, Fire Management, the Po-
lice Department, BIA, and the
Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office.
(Look in the August 16 Spilyay
for details on the public safety plans
for the reservation.)
Meanwhile, here is the latest list
of local activities that are planned
for the eclipse weekend and day-
of, as prepared by Chief Opera-
tions Officer Alyssa Macy:
The Indian
Head
Casino float
in the 2017
Pi-Ume-Sha
parade
featured this
eclipse
inspired
feature.
Working
with the
Museum at
Warm
Springs and
the tribes,
the casino
has three
days of
special
events
leading up
to the
eclipse.
Some key events in W.S.
Indian Head Casino’s exclusive
Native American entertainment
experience will features local, re-
gional and national Native Ameri-
can music.
Kelly Jackson and her band
bring the Native Americana sounds
to the stage at 8 p.m. on Saturday,
August 19.
Arlie Neskahi and Eagle’s Jump
combine Native vocals and flute
playing for a unique sound. This
show starts at 8 p.m. on Sunday,
August 20.
Charles Littleleaf, renowned
flutist and Warm Springs tribal
member, rounds out the musical
experience on the day of the
eclipse. His show starts at 3 p.m.
For more information on these
and other features at the casino go
to: indianheadcasino.com/solar-
eclipse/
At the museum
The Museum at Warm Springs
Artists Village will be on the Sat-
urday and Sunday before the
eclipse.
The Artists Village will offer visi-
tors a glimpse into the tribes’ liv-
ing history, as members demon-
strate family heirlooms, regalia,
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
artwork and basketry.
The museum and Artists Village
will be open on the Saturday and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
traditional dance performances
will be daily at noon.
The museum will also be open
on eclipse Monday from noon to
5 p.m. For more info:
museumatwarmsprings.org
Native Sol
The Native Sol Solar Fest
will be Saturday through Mon-
day, August 19-21, at the field
by the Family Resource Cen-
ter and Behavioral Health Cen-
ter, 1115 Wasco Street.
Native Aspirations and the
Health and Human Services
Branch are hosts.
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PO Box 489
Warm Springs, OR 97761
ECR WSS
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PRSRT STD
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Academy
classes
start soon
Classes at the Warm Springs
Academy begin in less than two
weeks. There will be four days of
classes during the week before the
eclipse, August 14-17. Classes will
then resume Wednesday through
Friday after the eclipse, August 23-
25.
The War m Springs Back to
School Barbecue will be on Thurs-
day, August 31, from 4-6 p.m. at the
Academy.
The Summer Bridge program for
ninth-graders starting at the high
school begins next week. The first
day of school for all classes at the
high school will be on the Wednes-
day after Labor Day. In other school
district news:
School officials have found a
prospective candidate to take over
the JROTC program. There had
been concern that the program may
be discontinued, as the candidate
earlier identified had withdrawn.
The situation now looks prom-
ising, though there is still the hir-
ing process through the U.S. Army,
said district superintendent Ken
Parshall.
National
TERO
convention at
Kah-Nee-Ta
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, the Confed-
erated Tribes and the Warm Springs
TERO this week are hosting the
2017 National TERO convention.
Tribal TERO officials were on
hand from many tribes, including
Blackfeet, Colville, Umatilla,
Hoopa Valley, Makah, Navajo,
Nez Perce, Northern Cheyenne,
Quechan, Seminole, Tohono and
Yakama.
The national TERO convention
began 40 years ago, with the first
convention held at Kah-Nee-Ta.
The convention returns to the
reservation as the Warm Springs
TERO is now established. For this
reason the theme of convention was
‘Back Where It All Began.’
The 2017 event started on Sun-
day with golf at the resort. The con-
vention concludes this Thursday,
August 3.
A keynote speaker was Brian
Cladoosby, president of the National
Congress of the American Indian.
The co-founders of the Council for
Tribal Employment Rights, and the
current CTER general counsel were
also among the speakers.
The Warm Springs TERO (Tribal
Employment Rights Office) is lo-
cated at the offices of Warm Springs
Ventures at the industrial park next
to the Telecom.
For information on services pro-
vided at TERO, you can reach them
at 541-553-3565.